I got a call this week from the producer of a well-known radio show. (I’m not trying to be coy; I’ll share details if and when the call bears fruit.) He wanted to talk to me about a blog post I’d written that had gotten some traction on Twitter this...

In my latest blog post, I considered how it might feel to be Apple CEO Tim Cook this week, as he chose to share publicly that he’s gay and proud of it. I was inspired to write in part because of my own father’s journey as a gay man who came out in his 50s,...

In the fall of 2013, I had a conversation with Tanya Geisler that turned into a year-long collaboration. Both of us are leadership coaches; both of us have worked extensively on impostor syndrome; and both of us want passionately to see a world where people’s...

Next week, Tanya Geisler and I are launching a project we’ve been working on for a year. Since last October, we’ve held weekly meetings every Wednesday, co-designing a program that addresses a problem we see everywhere: chronic,...

Sometimes a really good question stays with you. This week, that question has been one I first heard from Hiro Boga: If you trusted yourself, what would you choose? A few nights ago, I found myself pondering this question after being yanked out of a serious bout...

Something was in the air last week week. I spoke with several colleagues who were struggling with different facets of the same problem: One was trying to write a sales pitch for an offering she was confident about – but she couldn’t get motivated to write the...

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